Crime Rates at Sydney Road, Exeter, EX2 9AP

Sydney Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Alphington , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sydney Road (EX2 9AP) in the last 12 months was 179.2 per 1,000 residents and was 147.3% higher than the Alphington average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sydney Road (EX2 9AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 550 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Exeter St Thomas (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.